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Frost Advisory 8, NWS Grand Rapids, MI

May 28, 202110 counties in Michigan

NWS Grand Rapids, MI issued this frost advisory at May 28, 2021, 10:48 AM EDT for 10 counties in Michigan. It took effect at May 29, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2021, 10:48 AM EDT (14:48 UTC)
In effect from
May 29, 2021, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 29, 2021, 7:54 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Rapids, MI

Counties Clare County, MI, Gratiot County, MI, Isabella County, MI, Lake County, MI, Mason County, MI, Mecosta County, MI, Montcalm County, MI, Newaygo County, MI, Oceana County, MI, Osceola County, MI

The radar

The Grand Rapids radar (KGRR), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2021-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
713 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

397 
WWUS73 KGRR 281448
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
1048 AM EDT Fri May 28 2021

MIZ037>040-043>046-051-052-282300-
/O.NEW.KGRR.FR.Y.0008.210529T0400Z-210529T1200Z/
Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Montcalm-
Gratiot-
Including the cities of Ludington, Baldwin, Reed City, Clare, 
Hart, Fremont, Big Rapids, Mount Pleasant, Greenville, and Alma
1048 AM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s may result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Michigan.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Temperatures near freezing could harm plants and 
  other sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/grr
4 follow-up statements
176 
WWUS73 KGRR 282001
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
401 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

MIZ037>040-043>046-051-052-290415-
/O.CON.KGRR.FR.Y.0008.210529T0400Z-210529T1200Z/
Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Montcalm-
Gratiot-
Including the cities of Ludington, Baldwin, Reed City, Clare, 
Hart, Fremont, Big Rapids, Mount Pleasant, Greenville, and Alma
401 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM
EDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures in the low to mid 30s may result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Michigan.

* WHEN...From midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Temperatures near freezing could harm plants and 
  other sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/grr
858 
WWUS73 KGRR 290136
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
936 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

MIZ037>040-043>046-051-052-290945-
/O.CON.KGRR.FR.Y.0008.210529T0400Z-210529T1200Z/
Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Montcalm-
Gratiot-
Including the cities of Ludington, Baldwin, Reed City, Clare, 
Hart, Fremont, Big Rapids, Mount Pleasant, Greenville, and Alma
936 PM EDT Fri May 28 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Michigan.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Temperatures near freezing could harm plants and 
  other sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/grr
529 
WWUS73 KGRR 290754
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
354 AM EDT Sat May 29 2021

MIZ037>040-043>046-051-052-291200-
/O.CON.KGRR.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-210529T1200Z/
Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Montcalm-
Gratiot-
Including the cities of Ludington, Baldwin, Reed City, Clare, 
Hart, Fremont, Big Rapids, Mount Pleasant, Greenville, and Alma
354 AM EDT Sat May 29 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 32 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of central and west central Michigan.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Temperatures near freezing could harm plants and 
  other sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/grr
190 
WWUS73 KGRR 291154
NPWGRR

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Grand Rapids MI
754 AM EDT Sat May 29 2021

MIZ037>040-043>046-051-052-291300-
/O.CAN.KGRR.FR.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-210529T1200Z/
Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella-Montcalm-
Gratiot-
Including the cities of Ludington, Baldwin, Reed City, Clare, 
Hart, Fremont, Big Rapids, Mount Pleasant, Greenville, and Alma
754 AM EDT Sat May 29 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Temperatures will warm up quickly this morning.

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service visit
https://weather.gov/grr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.